2 Kings 17:29 - Exposition

Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. The several bands of settlers found in the cities assigned to them "houses of the high places," or high-place temples ( 2 Kings 17:9 ), which had been left standing when the inhabitants were carried off. These "houses" they converted to their own use, setting up in them their several idolatries.